Hair removal apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsUwe Fischer, Xavier Perez-Lopez, Robert Schmidt, Andreas Larscheid
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Abstract
The invention relates to a hair removal apparatus (100) having a base body (10) and a slide (20), which is mounted thereon to be movable (displaceably). At least one wet shaver unit (40) comprising a razor blade, such as a blade cartridge for wet shaving, is mounted on the slide. Due to the mobility of the slide (20), this wet shaver unit (40) is protected from damage in the event of impact of the hair removal apparatus, e.g., in a fall to the floor. Certain target positions of the slide (20) can be secured with a slip clutch, such that they become unlocked on exceeding a minimum force that is acting and thereby release a movement of the slide.
Claims2
A hair removal apparatus (100) comprising:
- a) a base body (10) on which an electrically driven hair removal apparatus unit is fixedly arranged, said base body comprising a member selected from the group consisting of an electric motor, a battery, a foil shaver and combinations thereof, and
- b) a slide (20), which is movably mounted on the base body and on which a we shaver unit (40) having at least one razor blade is mounted or to which it can be connected mechanically, and wherein the slide (20) enables the wet shaver unit (40) to be displaced out of an exposed position to at least one position in which the wet shaver unit (40) is at least partially concealed by the base body (10), said hair removal apparatus (100) comprising catch elements (13, 24), wherein th catch elements (13, 24) are provided on the base body (10) and the slide (20), and engage in at least one target position of the slide (20) relative to the base body (10) thereby locking the slide (20) in the target position with a locking force, said catch elements comprising two catch hooks;
- wherein said two catch hooks (24) are arranged on the ends of a U-shaped spring element (23) which extends partially around the base body (10) and wherein the force needed to displace the wet shaver unit out of the exposed position is such that the contact force with which a user presses the wet shaver unit against his face in the direction of movement of the slide does not lead to movement of the slide.
A hair removal apparatus (100) comprising:
- a) a base body (10) on which an electrically driven hair removal apparatus unit is fixedly arranged, said base body comprising a component selected from the group consisting of an electric motor, a battery, a foil shaver and combinations thereof, and
- b) a slide (20), which is movably mounted on the base body and on which a wet shaver unit (40) having at least one razor blade is mounted or to which it can be connected mechanically;
- and wherein the slide (20) enables the wet shaver unit (40) to be displaced out of an exposed position to at least one position in which the wet shaver unit (40) is at least partially concealed by the base body (10);
- said hair removal apparatus (100) further comprising catch elements (13, 24), wherein the catch elements (13, 24) are provided on the base body (10) and the slide (20), and engage in at least one target position of the slide (20) relative to the base body (10) thereby locking the slide (20) in the target position, said catch elements comprising two catch hooks;
- wherein said two catch hooks (24) are arranged on the ends of a U-shaped spring element (23) Which extends partially around the base body (10);
- wherein the wet shaver unit (40) is coupled to the slide (20) by an intermediate element (30) which is released with the wet shaver unit from the slide, said release being effected by a dropping force that does not damage the wet shaver unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.